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Calgary, Canada, September 13, 2002 – The Public Petroleum Data Model Association announced today the release of results from the Spatial 2002 Project. Industry has partnered with data vendors, software developers, information management providers, ESRI and the PPDM Association to combine their collective expertise and experience to develop a spatially enabled petroleum data model.
Spatial data is an integral component of the information required to explore in today's data rich environment. Enabling Exploration and Production (E&P) industry models to take advantage of information spatially increases the speed with which professionals can access data and add value to mapping and querying. Data elements that have been given spatial attributes can be assigned behavioral characteristics to open up a whole new and exciting realm of exploration tools.
Spatial enabling E&P business information provides the ability to display and query spatial and non-spatial data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) using map-based user interfaces. The Spatial 2002 Project developed a methodology to link the PPDM relational database with the spatial functionality of today’s GIS engines.
Linking relational data from the PPDM data model with a GIS gives a geoscientist the ability to display PPDM business objects on a map quickly and efficiently, and to retrieve information about business objects in a specified area. These business objects may be wells, well tests, land parcels, facilities, seismic lines, etc. A map-based browser can be used to navigate into a specified area and display business objects and their attribute information.
The Spatial 2002 Project expands the integration of PPDM and spatial data by creating an upstream Geodatabase for the petroleum industry. Major deliverables include methodology and scripts that create and maintain the Geodatabase, and the process to dynamically generate spatial co-ordinates for any event along a well path. Deliverables are available at http://www.ppdm.org/standards/spatial/index.html.
Peter Boorman, Manager of GIS Services for Nexen Inc., states: "As a member of the Project group, Nexen Inc. has been able to incorporate some of the advanced development and concepts into our working model. We are already gaining value and look forward to a complete Spatial PPDM, paving the way to improved information integration, quality, visualization, and analysis. The PPDM Association and Technical Work Group have successfully demonstrated the advantages and potential of incorporating real world geometry with traditional structured E&P data. It is this methodology that Nexen Inc. is utilizing to build Enterprise Spatial Data for use in E&P technology solutions. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all companies incorporating spatial database technology to become involved in this very exciting initiative."
Industry, in conjunction with the ESRI and the PPDM Association, has developed the charter for the continuation of this collaborative effort. Detailed information about the Spatial Enabling 2003 project charter is located at http://www.ppdm.org/standards/spatial/index.html.
The PPDM Association is an international non-profit organization through which members worldwide cooperate to develop standards as a foundation for managing information as an essential asset in the global resource business. Representing over 100 oil and gas companies, vendors, and regulatory agencies worldwide, the Association delivers a vendor-independent standard data model and data exchange schemas. The Association has headquarters in Calgary and an office in Houston.
Further information is available on the Association’s web site or by contacting:
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Arthur Boykiw
Board Chairman PPDM Association (01) 403-296-7682 boykiw@petrocanada.ca |